Kishen Bholasing

Kishen Bholasing (3 August 1984 – 12 April 2020) was a Surinamese-Dutch singer and percussionist.[1]

Kishen Bholasing
Bholasing as member of Kishen & Friends in 2015
Born3 August 1984
Diitabiki, Suriname
Died12 April 2020(2020-04-12) (aged 35)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
OccupationPercussionist, singer
Children2

Biography

Bholasing has been called one of the best interpreters of the Baithak Gana of his era.[2] Bholasing played the Dholak and was lead singer in the formation Kishen & Friends.[2] He performed in the Netherlands and Suriname, during events such as Holi[3] and sporting events of the Surinamese Wrestling Federation.[4]

Several of Bholasing's family members were also known for making baithakgana music, including his father, Angad Bholasing, his mother, Rosie Bholasing-Jiboth, as well as his aunt, Motimala Bholasing.[1]

Death

Around 24 March 2020, it was announced that Bholasing was infected with COVID-19.[2] On 12 April, he died in the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam the Netherlands due to the consequences of the disease, aged 35.[5]

He had a wife and two children.[6]

References
  1. "Kishen Bholasing, baithak gana-zanger, is niet meer". DWTonline.com.
  2. "Kishan Bholasing besmet met Coronavirus". March 24, 2020.
  3. "www.HoliRotterdam.nl". De website van holirotterdam!.
  4. "Worsteltoernooi krijgt internationaal tintje". July 27, 2015.
  5. "Kishen Bholasing verruilt het tijdelijke voor het eeuwige". April 12, 2020.
  6. "Hindoestaanse zanger Kishen Bholasing (35) overleden aan gevolgen coronavirus". Waterkant. April 12, 2020.
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